Hair curler



T. BOYKO HAIR CURLER Nov. 18, 1952 1 Filed March 6, 1952 y MK y m 24 NAm T Patented Nov. 18, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HAIR CURLERTheodore Boyko, Bronx, N. Y. Application March 6, 1952, Serial No.275,099 I 3 Claims. (01. 1325-41) The present invention relates toimprovements in curling devices and, more specifically, to a new andimproved device for making permanent waves.

One object of the present invention is the provision of a device of thecharacter described which substantially reduces the time of treatment,so that an average permanent wave job which hitherto required three tofour hours can be performed in about one hour, which greatly simplifiesthe making of permanent waves, and which keeps the locks all around thehead until the entire job has been completed.

Another object of the present invention is the provision of a device ofthe character described which allows to set the hair while at the sametime and with the same process the permanent wave job is being carriedout, and which causes the curls always to look like natural curls.

A further object of the present invention is the provision of a deviceof the character described which is easy to apply and to take off, whichis light in weight, of a small size, and simple in construction, butwhich is also durable, sturdy and well adapted for long continued use.

,With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the inventionconsists of certain novel details ofconstruction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully describedand pointed out in the claims, itbeing understood that changes may bemade in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing fromthe spirit of the invention as claimed.

In the accompanying drawing a preferred form of the invention has beenshown.

In said drawing:

Figur 1 is a side elevation of a preferred embodiment of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same;

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the same;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3 showing the deviceopen.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

In the drawing the numeral 2 denotes a locket casing whose top andbottom portions are formed by plates 4 and 6, which preferably aresubstantially circular and made of plastic material or the like. Theplate 4 has at opposite peripheral sections a pair of recessed outwardlyflanged portions 8 adapted for being engaged by a pair of finger membersI0, which are provided with knurled or serrated surface portions H andare rightangularly disposed to and extended from margina1 portions ofthe plate 6. The plates 4 and 6 are connected to each other by anysuitable hinging means, preferably by means of a strip I2 of rubber orthe like, one end of which is se cured to the plate 4 while its otherend is secured to the plate 6 (Figs. 1, 2, 4 and 5). From one edgesection of the plate 4 intermediate the members In, and pointing in thesame direction as the members Ill, there are extended several lugportions 14, which are in spaced relation to each other as well as tothe members Ill. Lug portions it, which are rightangularly disposed tothe surface of the plate 6 are extended from an edge section of theplate 6 and are adapted for interdigitating engagement with the lugsections I4, when the plates 4 and 6 are in the closed position shown inFigs. 1 to 4. A serrated arcuate member 18 is extended from an edgeportion of the plate 4 intermediate the recessed portions 8 and arerightangularly disposed to the surface thereof. That segmental portionof the plate 6 which is opposite the member I8 when the locket 2 isclosed is provided with open slots so as to form a row of comb-liketeeth portions 20, and a tubular member 22 extends from the center ofthe plate 6 through an aperture in the plate 4 (Figs. 1 to 3) when thelocket 2 is closed. The plate 4 preferably is provided with perforationssurrounding said aperture, as may be seen in Fig. 2.

My new and improved device is used in the following manner:

First the hair is wetted with a curling solution in the usual manner.Then strands of hair 28 are curled with the fingers of the operator, oron a stick 24 which has a reduced end portion 26; the latter is insertedinto the member 22, which preferably is provided with perforations 30,after the locket 2 has been opened, as shown in Fig. 5. Then the curledhair 28 is pushed from the stick 24 upon the tubular member 22, the hairportion nearest the scalp is passed through the device between the teethportions 20, and the locket 2 is closed. Since the members H] aresomewhat resilient they will engage firmly with their knurled portionsII the recessed portions 8, so that the locket 2 will remain closedsafely, The hair is left undisturbed in the locket 2 for a period oftime as long as the processing solution calls for. Thereafter, and whilethe hair is still in the locket 2, the hiair is rinsed with water orwith a neutralizer, and then the person operated on is placed under ahair drier. When the hair is dry the locket 2 is taken off, and the hairis combed, The

various perforations and openings on the device facilitate a rapidpenetration of the hair by water or the neutralizer as well as by theheat during the drying process.

Since certain changes may be made in the above article and differentembodiments of the invention could be made without departing from thescope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the abovedescription or shown in the accompanying? drawing shall be interpretedas illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the followin claims are intended tocover all of the generic and specific features of the invention hereindescribed, and all statements of the scope ofthe invention which as a'matter of language might" be said to fall therebetween.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Let ters Patent is:

l. A natural wave hair curler locket and curl preserver comprising afirst plate one section of which is provided with a row of open slots soas to form a row of teeth portions adjacent said slots Whileits'remaining section has at its edge portion a plurality of lugportions which are righ-tangularly disposed to the surface of the plate,a perforated tubular member secured to said first plate, a second plateprovided with an aperture through which said tubular member is extendedand with perforations as well as with rightangularl-y to the surfaceofthe second plate disposed lug portions at the edge portion thereof andadapted for interdigitating engagement with the lug portions of saidfirst plate, hinge means connecting said plates to each other, and meansfor keeping said plates in alignment oneabove the other so as to form alocket casing adapted for encompassing strands of hair curled aroundsaid tubular member.

2, A device of the character described comprising a first circular platea segmental portion of which is provided with a row of incisions soas-to form a row-of teeth portions, a pair of finger membersrightangularly disposed to the sur faceio'f said plate being extendedfrom opposite peripheral portions of said plate, a plurality of lugportions rightangularly disposed to the surface of said plate beingprovided at that peripheral section thereof which is not occupied bysaid finger members and said teeth portions, a perforate'd tubularmember secured to the center of, said plate, a second circularv plateprovided withv an aperture through which said tubular member is extendedand with perforations as well as with rightangularly to the surface ofthe second plate disposed lug portions at the edge portion thereof andadapted for interdigitating engagement with the lug portions of thefirst plate, and an elastic strip having one end secured to a portion ofsaid first plate intermediate said finger members while its other end issecured to said second plate so as to hingesaid plates to each other,said second platabeinggprovidedlwith a pair of recesses adapted forreceiving said finger members so that said plates form a locket casingadapted for encompassing strands of hair curled around said tubularmember.

3; A natural wave hair curler locket and curl preserver comprising afirst circular plate a segmental portion of which is provided with a rowof incisions so as to form a row of teeth portions, a pair of fingermembersrightangularly disposed to the surface of said plate beingextended from opposite edge portions thereof and having serra.-- tionsat those sides which facethe center of said plate, a plurality of lugportions rightangularlydisposed to the surface of saidv plate beingprovided at the edge section of the unslottedportionof 'said plate, aperforated tubular member. ex: tending from the center of said plateinthe same. direction as said finger members and said 11139013? tions, asecond circular platehayingitscenter.

an aperture for eXtend-ingtherethrough saidtu bular member andhavingjperforations surrounds ing said aperture and being provided at,opposite;

peripheral portions with recesses, aserratedmember rightangularlydisposed to thesurfaceofcsaid second plate being extended from a firstedge portion thereof intermediate said recesses, a 11111- rality of lugportions rightangularly disposed to.

the surface of. said second plate being extendedv from a second edgeportion thereof and adapted for interdigitating engagement with thelugpor' tions of said first plate, and an elastic strip haw ing one endsecured to a portion of said first late intermediate said finger membersWhile-"it's-other end is secured to' said second plate so astehinge saidplates to each other; said finger members being adapted forengaging'said recesses in saidsecond plates when said lugportions are inirfterdigitatingengagement so that said plates form* a locket casingadapted for-encompassingstrands" of hair curled around saidtubul'a'rmember;

THEOD QRE" BOYKO.

No references cited.

